Washing-machine



I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ HARRISON DOOLIT'ILE, OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,035, dated January 16, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON DooLrTTLE, ot' East O1eveland,.Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tashing-h/Iachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'making part of this specilication.

My improvements relate to the class of washing-machines having one or more ribbed and slotted and yielding cylinders, under or between which the. clothes are passed.

Figure l is a transverse section of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detached representation of the upper bearing ot' the Wringer.

My tub or receptacle has a semi-cylindrical lower portion, A, whose door or bottom a is of zinc or other sheet or cast metal, and a rectangular upper portion, A', which, together with the ends ot' the lower portion, may be ot' wood.

The bottom a of the tub may be made ot' cast-iron, galvanized on the inside, and attached to the wooden portion A in anyT suitable manner.

One-end of the tub contains a box, B, which forms the bearing for a removable drivingarbor, O. rlhe opposite end of the tub contains a nut, 1 to receive a screw-threaded stud-shaft, E, which terminates in a knob, F, by which it may be adjusted in or out ot', or wholly withdlawn from the tub.

G G are india-rubber gaskets, which are made to tightly' incl-asp the said arbor and shaft by the pressure of cheeks H H', which are screwed fast to the ends ot' the tub.

The arbor O is scored circumt'erentially to receive the point ot' a pin or key, I, which is inserted through the cheek H.

J is a cylinder or reel composed of longitudinal bars with interstices between them. rEhis reel is perforated at its ends to receive the points of the arbor and shaft aforesaid.

K K are grooves or channels in the ends of the tub to facilitate a free circulation of the water and suds.

L L are grooves in the ends ofthe tub, which restrict to a vertical play the journalboxes M M ot' a yielding and gravitating roller, N, armed with longitudinal ribs.

O O are spiral springs, which press upon the tops of the boxes M M' and co-operate with the weight ot" the roller N to press the latter down upon whatever articles are interp'osed between thereel J and the said roller N.

P P are screw-threaded followers, which, pressing upon the upper ends ot' the springs O O', att'ord adjustable abutments thereto, by means of which their tension may be both maintained and varied at the discretion ofthe operator.

The arbor C is furnished at its outer extremity with a stuw-wheel, Q, into which there meshes a pinion, R, provided with a crank, S, to which the power is applied.

The cover I has hinged to it a prop, V, which, supporting the cover at the position indicated. ati'ords a ledge or bench oil which the clothes may be rested, both before and after washing.

WV W are a pair' of wringers operated by a crank, X.

Y is a charcoal-furnace arranged underneath the sheet-metal bottom ot' the tub.

The slidingjournal-cap Z being withdrawn, as in Fig. 3, enables the ready removal and replacement ot' the wringers.

Iclaiin herein as new and ot' my invention- 1. The arrangement ot' the open removable reel J, removable arbor O, adjustable studshat't E, and removable and adjustable pressure-roller N.

2. The arrangement of cheeks H H and gaskets Gr G for the prevention ot' leakage around the arbor and stud-shaft E.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set Iny hand.

HARRISON DOOLI'ITLE. Vtnesses:

JAS. BROKENSHIRE, Taos. WHITEHEAD. 

